Video: OKC is ready to welcome Sir Charles

For whatever reason, it’s become A Thing for Charles Barkley to come to Oklahoma City. I’m not exactly sure why, but people are excited that he’s going to be coming to town for the Western Conference Finals.

He’s been one of the biggest critics of the Thunder, but has also said things like Oklahoma is “no place for black people.” So Craig Sager and Inside the NBA put together this little feature going to the most stereotypical Oklahoma place there is (other than Southeastern Oklahoma, that is) — Stockyards City.

At first I hated Chucky. He always bashed on OKC. And so has Shaq. But after listening to them on their show I think they do it more for comedy then anything else. Neither one has ever been here so hopefully they will have good things to say when they leave. But the more I listen to Barkley the more I laugh. He is the only guy who can say "OKC wont go anywhere they are a jump shooting team and no bigs inside" to "LA Lakers don't stand a chance against OKC, yet they have 2 7 footers"

@gr8ball83 I wish they would give us another chance. At leasty have checking points, and ban BYOB. Anyone who looks suspicous should be force to leave the area. Banning BYOB, takes away half the crowd automatically.

@Jooseppi not gonna lie, i ate there, not impressed. steak wasnt good, service was lousy. I didnt even finish my meal and the waitress was like..IS something wrong *sarcastically* i replied yes, your attitude and this mediocre steak. The manager came out to talk to me and couldnt believe i didnt like it * i only took like 3 bites btw* i told him ive had better and the waitress should be wrote up for her attitude. He begrudgingly waived off the ticket for me , and i will never go back.

@Thunderbuzzy I'm pretty sure Shaq has been in OKC before. I remember seeing him when he was on Phoenix and Boston. But yeah, I don't take anything Charles says seriously. Even when he dogs the Thunder, the things he says and the way he talks makes it comical.

LOL, EMexi... when I left the game the other night, my friend and I both went "whoa" when we walked outside. I don't know what your definition of suspicious is, but under ours, there probably wouldn't be many people left if they were forced to leave the area.

@ElMexiThunder@gr8ball83 It's kind of dumb, now the national headline will be "Thunder Alley shut down due to shooting" insinuating that the shooting happened AT Thunder Alley. It had nothing at all to do with Thunder Alley, which makes this a stupid decision.

@ElMexiThunder The reports I had from people down there was that the crowd was beginning to attract less savory types, and that the cops had fears about being able to control a crowd that size. The shooting may have provided an easy excuse to do something that may have happened anyway. Hopefuly, they'll bring the watch party back in a new and safer form.

@gr8ball83 Not only that but shutting down Thunder Alley lets the Thugs wn. Now the guy's friends will go around saying their the reason why Thunder Alley's done. They shouldn't ruin the fun for thousands of people because a few hundred went for all the wrong reasons.

@tydude @Jooseppi @diddoff No one cares about Tv ratings dude, It's real upsetting because last year, and the first round this year, I use to take my little cousins, and my nephew up there to watch the games. It was fun and friendly. All of a sudden everyone heard the Lakers were in town, and everyone under 23 thought it was a party. Now the idiots in that crowd took away that experience from those kids, and i'm sure i'm not the only one who would take children up there.